Monty Betham moves from Rugby League to pro boxing

dookus · Post by **dookus** » 01 Dec 2006, 11:08

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_l ... 198106.stm

Any thoughts on this? What's his punching been like on the field?

el_grande_mauro_mina · Post by **el_grande_mauro_mina** » 01 Dec 2006, 14:19

His dad was commonwealth middleweight champion Monty Betham Sr
who went 2 rounds with Alan Minter.

Betham despite the name is a Samoan or his dad is anyway.

Betham is the hardest rugby league player is in regards a
scrap. He will know what he is doing. I guess he weighs in around
15 stones, but he will want to get down to light heavyweight as a
lot of that weight is muscle on the top half.

Betham will do allright but I think he should stick to around
cruiserweight.

glittermonkey · Post by **glittermonkey** » 02 Dec 2006, 06:15

Shame, Betham was a cracking player. I'd have thought it was a little too late for him to switch though. At 28 his time to make a impact is very limited.